Tomislav Zografski

Tomislav Zografski (Macedonian: Томислав Зографски, 29 March 1934 – 14 January 2000) was a Macedonian composer and music pedagogue who also wrote music for film and television.^[2][3] His neoclassical language played a key part in the journey of Macedonian music toward the postmodern era.^[4] Zografski's musical language was not archetypal of neoclassical folklore-inspired pastiche but instead more the result of him venturing into the examination and development of more exemplar traditional repertoire in a way that was unconventional and compelling and which retained transformed elements from an earlier period.^[5]

Tomislav Zografski
Born	(1934-03-29)29 March 1934 Veles, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	14 January 2000(2000-01-14) (aged 65) Skopje, Macedonia
Nationality	Macedonian
Education	Music Academy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia[1]
Occupations	Composer Music pedagogue
Notable work	Sinfonietta in E-flat, Passacaglia
Website	www.zografski.org

Zografski was born in Veles, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Macedonia) on 29 March 1934. He studied music at Skopje Music School and Belgrade Music School and composition at the Music Academy in Belgrade. In 1967 he became professor at the faculty of music at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje.^[3]

Awards[1][2]

• 1961 First Prize, Union of Youth Competition for Suite for piano solo
• 1962 City’s Committee of SMM Award for Suite for piano
• 1962 City’s Committee of SMM Award for Suite for violin and piano
• 1969 First Prize, University Skopje Competition for In Praise of Cyril and Methodius
• 1969 ″11 October″ Award for In Praise of Cyril and Methodius
• 1972 First Prize of Yugoslav Radio Festival for Molitva
• 1973 Golden Arena (Film Music Award) for Ukleti smo, Irina
• 1979 First Prize, Award of RTV (MRT) Skopje for Madrigals
• 1979 First Prize, Award of RTV (MRT) Skopje for Karaorman Cantata
• 1980 TEHO (Tetovo Choir Festival) Award for Vardar
• 1981 TEHO (Tetovo Choir Festival) Award for Dojdovme
• 1981 ″13 November″ Award of City of Skopje for Passacaglia
• 1991 ″Panche Peshev″, Macedonian Composers′ Association (SOKOM) Award for Scherzo
• 1991 ″Panche Peshev″, Macedonian Composers′ Association (SOKOM) Award for Sonata for two pianos
• 1994 Winner of the State ″11 October″ Achievement Award
• 1997 Trajko Prokopiev Macedonian Composers′ Association (SOKOM) Lifetime Achievement Award

Selected works

• Invention Syrinx for flute solo, Op. 8 (1954–5)^[6]
• Ten miniatures for piano, Op. 11^[7]
• Sonata for bassoon and piano, Op. 17 (1958)^[8]
• Suite, Op. 27 (1960)^[8]
• Nine Miniatures: for symphony orchestra (1961)^[9]
• Suite for solo piano, Op. 27 (1961)^[7]
• Suite for violin and piano, Op. 28 (1962)^[7][10]
• Scripts for baritone and piano, Op. 39 (1963)^[8]
• Fantasia corale (1967)^[3][11]
• String Quartet, Op. 58 (1968)
• Sonatina in C for two pianos, Op. 142 (1969)^[4]
• In Praise of Cyril and Methodius (1969)^[2][12]
• Cantus Coronatus (1969)^[13]
• Siyaniem for soloist and mixed choir, Op. 74 (1972)^[14]
• Allegro barrocco for two violins and piano (1973)^[15]
• Passacaglia, symphonic poem (1981)^[2]
• Essay on the Rain — song cycle for voice and piano (1982)^[16]
• Compositions for viola and violin, violin and piano, Opp. 100–103 (1982–83)^[17]
• Song for solo violin, Op. 101 (1983)^[18][19]
• Songs for Jakshini for voice and piano (1983)^[7][1]
• Scherzo for symphony orchestra (1985)^[1]
• Rhapsody for violin and piano, Op. 103^[7]
• Three Lyrical Chants, Op. 107 (1985)^[20]
• Sonata for two pianos, Op. 122 (1990)
• Skherzo (1991)^[2]
• Five pieces for clarinet, Op. 131 (1997)^[8]
• Sinfonietta in E-flat^[3]
• Sinfonietta in B^[3]
• Ballade for piano^[18]
• "Marika Beautiful Girl" — (homage to P. I. Tchaikovsky) for soprano and piano^[7][21]

Music for film and television

• Pod isto nebo (1964)
• Denovi na iskusenie (1965)
• Zalez nad ezerskata zemja (6 episodes) (1973)
• Kolnati sme, Irina (1973)
• The Longest Journey (1976)
• The Verdict (1977)
• Najdolgiot pat (1977)
• Beliot sid (1978)
• Kliment Ohridski (1986)

References

1. "Cultural Institute of Blesok – Reviews, Blesok no. 06, Sound". blesok.mk. January 1999.
2. "Tomislav Zografski Foundation". zografski.org.
3. Bužarovski., Dimitrije (2001). "Zografski, Tomislav". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.50983. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
4. Islam, Aida; Leshkova-Zelenkovska, Stefanija (2016), "Musical Elements in the Performing Approach: Sonatina in C for Two Pianos from a Macedonian Contemporary Composer", Musicological Annual., vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 41–50, doi:10.4312/mz.52.1.41-50
5. Samson, Jim (15 June 2013). Music in the Balkans. Netherlands: Brill. p. 491. ISBN 978-90-04-25038-3. Yet Zografski did extend the nationalist orientation some way beyond neo-classical folkloristic pastiche, and went on to explore archetypes of traditional music in interesting ways.
6. "Invention Syrinx – Tomislav Zografski Foundation". 4 November 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2020 – via issuu.
7. "Tomislav Zografski Foundation". zografski.org. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
8. "Ohrid Summer Festival (19 August 2019) – Concert on the occasion of 85 years since the birth of composer Tomislav Zografski". Facebook. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
9. Tomislav Zografski (1961). Devet minijatura : za simfonijski orkestar. Zagreb: Naklada Saveza Kompozitora Jugoslavije. OCLC 680566165.
10. "Library of Congress – Zografski, Tomislav". loc.gov. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
11. "Fantasia corale". SearchWorks catalog, Stanford University Libraries. Edicije Kompozitora Jugoslavije. 1967. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
12. "Stanford University Libraries — Opening Night! Opera & Oratorio Premieres". stanford.edu. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
13. Samson, Jim (2013). Music in the Balkans. Boston: Koninklijke Brill. p. 491. ISBN 9789004250376.
14. Chamber Choir of the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music (29 August 2017). OCF: Award "Tomislav Zografski" (Video) (in Macedonian). Diamond Hall of Hotel Inex, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia. Retrieved 1 April 2020 – via YouTube.
15. "Review of Composers – Composers' Association of Serbia". composers.rs. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
16. Томислав Зографски – Tomislav Zografski (1989) at Discogs
17. Mehmed, Nedjmija (25 April 2019). Song for solo violin by Tomislav Zografski (PDF) (BA). Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg. p. 7. Retrieved 19 February 2023. The song for solo violin, op. 101, was started by Zografski in 1982. It is interesting that in 1982 he started and finished it as a composition for viola (Song for viola Op. 100), and during the following year 1983 he completed the violin composition (Song Op. 101). In the same period 1982/83, he also wrote the Rhapsody, at first for viola and piano (op. 102), then for violin and piano (op. 103).
18. "List of Works". compositiontoday.com. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
19. Zografski, Tomislav. "Song for Solo Violin" (PDF). ohridskibiseri.org.mk/. Tomislav Zografski Foundation.
20. Коловски, Марко (2013). 47 македонски композитори [47 Macedonian composers] (in Macedonian). Sojuz na kompozitorite na Makedonija (published 27 April 2013). p. 91. ISBN 978-9989-801-11-2. LCCN 2015399137. Три лирски напеви, за глас (сопран) и пијано, (1985) [Three Lyrical Chants, for voice (soprano) and piano].
21. "Marika Beautiful Girl", Despina Spirovska, concert hall of faculty of music art Skopje, 2015 on YouTube

External links

• Sonata for Two Pianos, Op. 122 (1990) on YouTube, Nikola Paskalov, Marija Vrskova (2011)